U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken played Neil Young’s “Rockin’ in the Free World” on electric guitar in Kiev, Ukraine, on Tuesday night as part of a solidarity visit to boost morale in the war-torn former Soviet republic. I played it.
Blinken played rhythm guitar with The 1999 Band at Berman Diktat, a nightspot in the Ukrainian capital.
“We know this is a really, really difficult time,” Blinken said. “We need to know that America is on our side.”
Then he started playing this song, originally performed by Neil Young and Crazy Horse. He also tried his hand at singing.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken performs “Rocking to the Free World” at a Kiev bar. // Video by @cspan pic.twitter.com/EgSrl3UKWh
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The scene reminded me of strange events after Islamic extremist terrorist attacks. charlie hebdo In 2015, a newspaper in Paris, France, reported that then-Secretary of State John Kerry was absent from a local “solidarity rally,” so he serenades Parisians with James Taylor’s rendition of “You’ve Got a Friend.” I tried.
PARIS, FRANCE – JANUARY 16: US Secretary of State John Kerry listens to US musician James Taylor (right) after a press conference at Paris City Hall on January 16, 2015 (Photo: Geoffroy Van der Hasselt/Anadolu Agency/Getty) Image)
“Rockin’ in the Free World” is not a patriotic song or a celebration of freedom (though it is often misunderstood as such), but rather a harsh one. criticism Western. The timing was bad: it was written in 1989, before the fall of communism.
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